Word: capita
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...consumers pay, according to Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, between $215,000,000 and $250,000,000 extra each year for their sugar (at current prices) in order to support the system which makes profits possible for sugar producers-equivalent to an annual tax of $1.50 to $1.80 per capita...
...lumps filled 600 throats. While Dan Hoan, in his twangy voice, reminded Milwaukeeans that he had given them a city free of political scandal, free of crime, with a model police force and fire department, a city debt that was among the smallest in the country on a per capita basis, Carl Zeidler sang: When Irish Eyes Are Smiling...
Speaking of Helena, what do you mean "where natives eke out a meagre existence"? That's new to us. It is still one of the richest, per capita, cities in these United States. (Time was, when it was rated the richest.) Today, as formerly, it is referred to by our visiting Easterners, of whom we have many, as the "City of beautiful homes and well-dressed inhabitants." If you don't believe it, come out and see us sometime and we shall be glad to show...
...national income somewhat in excess of 80 billion dollars. This income, which we once had, is now a goal of which the New Deal talks. But, for 130,000,000 people, a national income of 80 billion dollars is only a little better than $600 per capita. That, in the judgment of the Committee, is no place to stop. Clearly there is room for expansion of our enterprise...